266 / 494
265
9.154.
Gunfire was heard in May Pen Cemetery and on Industrial Terrace.
Mr. Tomlinson said that a bomb dropped near Ms. Fatty’s house and it caught
afire. Everyone moved over to Ms. Donelle’s house. Mr. Tomlinson heard a
barrage of gunfire and a voice shouting: “See the pussy dem!” Looking through
a window, he saw soldiers with guns pointed in his direction. They fired. He
ducked. The shots tore out a window, then stopped.
9.155.
Masked soldiers kicked down a door and asked for the men in the
house. Three men went outside. Mr. Tomlinson said that soldiers hit two men
with their guns and one kicked him in his chest. He bent over in pain and a
soldier kicked him on his buttocks. He said: “I spread out!” A tall, thick, black
soldier kicked him in his face and threw Girlie Paul (one of the other men)
through a window.
9.156.
The occupants of the house were sent to another house while
some soldiers went upstairs. Mr. Tomlinson was told to lift up “the fat lady” and
bring her (Ms. Allison) downstairs. He put her to sit in a settee and then was
made to kneel in front of Building #5. He was questioned about “Dudus” and
was beaten by a soldier when he said that he did not know his whereabouts.
This soldier “was a short one”. Mr. Tomlinson was asked about “Slicer”. Again
he said he did not know where he was. He was punched in his face, bursting his
nose. His wife protested and she was boxed and “dropped by a picket fence”.
9.157.
According to Mr. Tomlinson, a soldier said, “Give me that boy” and
he was marched to Derek Path where he saw “Slicer’s” van on fire as well as two
houses on Chang Avenue. A soldier told him to run towards a dead body near
the burning houses. He did not. He was taken back to Sangster Crescent and to
Derek Path. There, he was made to lie in a yard and was kicked by a soldier.
Mr. Tomlinson said this soldier pointed his gun at him. He heard “click” and ran
away. He was caught and beaten again. He remembers that he woke up in
Building #5.